Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a suite of utilities for Microsoft Windows customers who have subscribed to Microsoft Software Assurance program. It aims to brings easier manageability and monitoring of enterprise desktops, emergency recovery, desktop virtualization and application virtualization.

Enterprise Desktop Virtualization: MED-V helps enterprises upgrade to the latest version of Windows even when some applications are not yet functional or supported.

Application Virtualization for Desktops: Deploy virtual applications that are never installed and never require regression testing, yet follow users anywhere, on demand.

Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset: Provides a collection of tools that help IT teams make PCs safer to use, keeps employees productive, and enables desktops that are easier and less expensive to manage. Administrators can easily recover PCs that have become unusable, rapidly diagnose probable causes of issues, and quickly repair unbootable or locked-out systems, all faster than the average time it takes to reimage the machine. When necessary, administrators can also quickly restore critical lost files.

Advanced Group Policy Management: Help IT take control of the desktop through effective change management, versioning, and roll-backs of GPOs, and a robust role-based administration and delegation model.

Asset Inventory Service: Reduce application management lifecycle TCO through advanced software inventory scanning and by translating inventory data for the majority of commercially available software into admin-friendly information available on demand. Delivered as an easily administered, hosted service.

BitLocker Administration and Monitoring: Make large-scale BitLocker implementations easier to manage by simplifying deployment and key recovery, centralizing provisioning, monitoring and reporting of encryption status for fixed and removable drives, and minimizing support costs.